Most recent public comments by Park Mitchell https://nowcomment.com/users/90127 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236830?scroll_to=2174347 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236830?scroll_to=2174347 Thoreau seems to be complaining about how the government is too harsh. And if you were truly living life you'd be in jail. Which is pretty funny, but he is more attacking the governments over-governing than telling people to do whatever they want. Thoreau isn't trying to get people to do crimes but saying that some of the things that qualify as crimes are unnecessary. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:53:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236830?scroll_to=2174332 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236830?scroll_to=2174332 This is what the romantic movement wants, more freedom and expression. The eventual dissolving of the strict monarchies to more progressive democracies. Thoreau states "from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual", This is exactly what the romantic movement is about Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:36:22 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236830?scroll_to=2174234 https://nowcomment.com/documents/236830?scroll_to=2174234 This is the best line of the text because I think it really encapsulates what Thoreau is trying to say. The government is corrupt and needs to change. He's not trying to say destroy the government but change the things that make it wrong. The only problem is he really doesn't say how to fix them. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 22:23:00 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2096947 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2096947 The chief wants white people to know that the spirits of the Natives will live on. This isn't an attack or a threat but more of a statement, that no matter what you do to them they will live on. Their culture will survive and return. Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:51:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2049904 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2049904 It was most likely just Smith finding a way to make it sound nicer. This is the stealing of land, but if you say it's a proposition then more people can go home at night and feel better about themselves. Mon, 28 Sep 2020 22:05:34 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2049889 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2049889 Definitely, the chief seems to know that his people will stand no chance. He's not okay with that but it seems he believes, in the end, his people will be able to live on in different ways than just physical. Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:07:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2049810 https://nowcomment.com/documents/225812?scroll_to=2049810 The Chief believes that no matter what the White man does to him on earth he and his people will live on forever. Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:38:42 -0500